Welcome to Steggo Studio Productions!

Welcome to my new blog covering one of my more recent interests - all things guitar. I've played music in one form or another for as long as I can remember, but guitar was never an instrument I'd picked up - well until COVID hit. With a lot of extra time at the house, I decided to take the plunge and pick up the electric guitar, and with the electric guitar suddenly comes "The Quest for Tone"! The dizzying array of tone and effects pedals available, and the prohibitive cost of many of the more unique ones, has led me down another rabbit hole - building my own effects pedals!

At this point I remain a rank beginner in the world of electronics. All of my experience with electronics has been on the nano-scale in the semiconductor industry, so being able to actually hold an individual transistor is a novelty in of itself. I've been picking up several kits from various sources (see the link bar on the right) and I've had a real blast hunting down components both common and more rare to see what differences in sound I get from them.

Steggo and a Chapman ML-1

In this blog I'll bring you along on my tone journey. Those of you familiar with my other blog and hobbies will see that come through in decal and other design for my effects pedals. This won't be as much a "how to" guide as it is - see what I did (and see what idiot mistakes I've made along the way!). As to the blog / studio name, I decided to name it after our household mascot - a green plush stegosaurus!

As I learn, hopefully this blog will progress from a simple assembly blog to something a little more technical, but time will tell!